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HOLDER 0R HOOK FOR EYEGLASSES. No. 374,702. Patented Dec. 13, 1887.

' %amiar/ N. PETERS. Phololjflwgraphar, Washington, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATEN ()FFICE.

WILLIAM J. RAND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOLDER OR HOOK FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,702, dated December 13, 1887.

Application filed March 18. 1887.

Serial No. 231,427. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. RAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders or Hooks for Eyeglasses, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to holders or hooks for eyeglasses, which have heretofore been attached to the dress or clothing of the person using them by a pin, (a part of the holder,) which is necessarily frail and liable to get out of order by bending and breaking while being adjusted and fastened to the dress, as well as from constant use.

My invention has for its object to produce a device which will obviate the difficulties, liabilities, and discomfitu res attached to wearing and adjusting the holder which is fastened by a pin, and also so to construct the hook asto prevent the eyeglasses from becoming detached from their place thereon. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of the holder; Fig. II, a sectional view, and Fig. III a sectional elevation showing the holder attached in use. 2

Theholder consists ofahook,B, for receiving the eyeglasses, and a spring-clasp, A, turned in the opposite direction and having atoothed or biting portion at or below the bottom or bend ofthe hook B. Preferably thebitingportion is formed by saw-teeth 1 at the end of the curve 2. The springclasp A engagesthefabric C of the garment to which the holder is to be attached, as represented in Fig. III, the arm which forms said hook or clasp A being introduced inside a pocket through a button-' hole,or through a hole made expressly for that purpose.

There is an advantage in providing the attaching-elaspA with a toothed or biting portion at or below the bend or bottom of the holdinghook B, in that the grip is very strong and is in position effectively to resist the pressure which may be applied to the holding-hook.

The holder is or may be made of a piece of spring metal, or it may be of other substance suitable for the purpose, the hook B and the spring-clasp A being formed by bending the ends of the strip in opposite directions. As shown, the end which forms the spring-clasp A is the full length of the middle portion, or a little longer, and the end which forms the hook to receive the convex projection or protuber-' ance on the inside of the hook. The elasticity.

. of the tongue of the hook B presses the projection 3 into the depression 4. By this means I decrease the liability of the eyeglasses becoming accidentally detached from the hook'B, but do not prevent them from being withdrawn when desired, as the tongue of the hookB will yield and permit the body of the eyeglasses to pass between the tongue and the body of the holder. The importantfeatures then of my invention consist in discarding the fastening of the holder to the dress by means of a pin and in decreasing the liability of the eyeglasses beco ming accidentally detached from the hook by means of the concave depression and convex protuberances.

I do not intend to confine myself to the precise construction as shown in the drawings and described herein, as it is obvious that the same may be modified without departing from the principle of my invention. For instance, I might make one or more sphericalconcaves and protuberances or one or more elongated concaves and protuberances at the bearing of the hook B, as might be desired.

By my'invention the holder can readily be attached to a pocket or button-hole, or a hole made in the dress expressly for that purpose. It may be instantly and easily detached and attached to otherpositions on the dress, as temporary occupation or circumstances may require, or to other garments where a change of clothing is required. The attaching-hook A is held firmly in its place inside the pocket or red button-hole by the saw-teeth, while the hook B is used to hold the eyeglasses in their place.

The device can be readily niadein any suitble way; but I prefer to form them over dies made for that purpose by press-power. Parts of the invention may be used separately. For example, the hook to support the eyeglasses need not be a spring-hook provided with a projection at its bearing, although a holder with such a hook constitutes a special feature of invention.

Having fully explained my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The holder having on one side thereof a hook for receiving the article to be held and on the opposite side a spring-clasp turned in the opposite direction and provided with a toothed or biting portion which extends under or around the bend or bottom of the said hookfor securing the holder to its support, substantially as described.

2. The holder having at the back a springclasp formed by an arm extending the full length of the holder and at the front a hook turned in the opposite direction and extending to about midway of the holder, the aforesaid arm being provided with a biting or toothed portion at the bottom or bend of the said hook, substantially as described.

3. The holder composed of a spring-hook having a free tongue whose elasticity holds it against the body of theholder, and a temporary fastening back of said hook, the said holder being provided at the bearing of said tongue with a projection and also with a corresponding depression, which the said projection is adapted to enter, substantially as described.

4. The described holder formed of the bent strip of spring metal and comprising the spring hook or clasp for receiving the article to be held and the spring hook or clasp for attaching the holder to its support, a depression and a projection being provided in the first-named hook and the body of the holder, respectively, at the bearing of the said hook, and the second or attaching hook being provided with teeth and a curve at the end thereof, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. RAND.

Witnesses:

A. M. RAND, M. L. RAND. 

